diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/generate-cert/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/generate-cert/init.sls
index 78129a16413..cfe53747b1e 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/generate-cert/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/generate-cert/init.sls
@@ -43,33 +43,3 @@ kubernetes-cert:
     - user: root
     - group: root
     - shell: /bin/bash
-
-# These are introduced to ensure backwards compatability with older gcloud tools in GKE
-kubernetes-old-key:
-  file.copy:
-    - name: /usr/share/nginx/kubecfg.key
-    - source: /srv/kubernetes/kubecfg.key
-    - makedirs: True
-    - preserve: True
-    - require:
-      - cmd: kubernetes-cert
-
-
-kubernetes-old-cert:
-  file.copy:
-    - name: /usr/share/nginx/kubecfg.crt
-    - source: /srv/kubernetes/kubecfg.crt
-    - makedirs: True
-    - preserve: True
-    - require:
-      - cmd: kubernetes-cert
-
-
-kubernetes-old-ca:
-  file.copy:
-    - name: /usr/share/nginx/ca.crt
-    - source: /srv/kubernetes/ca.crt
-    - makedirs: True
-    - preserve: True
-    - require:
-      - cmd: kubernetes-cert